It was agreed that the army of the southern route of the Great Food would be responsible for attacking the southern region of Rome, the army of the northern route would be responsible for attacking the northern region of Rome, and the Roman navy would be responsible for containing the western region of Rome and harassing all the coastal areas of Rome.

The Tang Army was temporarily responsible for cooperating with the Southern Route Army accompanying Dilan to take the Balkan Peninsula, posing a threat to Constantinople, and was responsible for the sea transportation and supply of the Great Food Army.

The Tang Dynasty provided the Roman navy of Grand Duke Stefan with a war loan of 10 million yuan to purchase war materials in the Great Food Kingdom and Persia. It also provided 12 radios, telescopes and other ordnance for the Roman Navy. The loan was repaid in installments by the newly formed Roman Empire.

Archduke Stefan was in charge of the rebellion in Rome, and Wang Xuance was in charge of helping to guide him.

After a major change in the situation in Rome, the Roman navy and the Don Army were responsible for jointly attacking Constantinople and ending the war as soon as possible.

The attack on Constantinople was carried out without inviting the Great Cannibals in order to prevent Constantinople from being destroyed by war and plunder, leaving a complete capital for the new Roman Empire.

After the war, the Great Eclipse gained the southeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Algiers region in the north, and redrew its borders with the newly formed Roman Empire.

After the conclusion of the joint meeting, the parties proceeded to act in accordance with the new arrangements.

Soon after, Pedilán's army on the southern route conquered the port city of Avella in southern Greece, and Li You moved into the Ziger estate in Avella with the headquarters of the coalition forces.

The city of Ioannia, a military town in southeastern Greece with a population of just over 40,000 in normal times, has now gathered more than 80,000 Roman troops, crowding the city to the brim.

Early that morning, the commander of the 12th Legion of the Roman Army, Duke Iowe, commanded 80,000 Roman troops to march out of the city of Ioannia to meet the 60,000 troops of the Great Eclipse Southern Expeditionary Army, and the two sides set up positions in the open field east of the city.

In the middle army of the Great Food Army, there was a wide four-wheeled open-top carriage, and on the carriage stood two well-dressed young men, one was Li You and the other was Pei Dilan.

This battle was the first large-scale battle between Pei Dilan and the Roman Empire, and it was related to the morale of the Great Food Southern Expeditionary Army and the prestige of Pei Dilan.

Duke Ayovi was in his fifties and tall, wearing a helmet adorned with golden fan-shaped ornaments, a tall red Turkic horse at his crotch, and a majestic black chain mail.

He looked at the well-groomed Roman army in front of and behind him, and then looked at the large food army dressed like flowers on the opposite side, and a contemptuous smile appeared on his arrogant face.

There's a reason why the Duke of Ayowee has contempt for the Great Eclipse Army.

Rome has been founded for hundreds of years, and the army is highly planned, well-equipped, and well-trained.

However, the Great Food Empire was at the beginning of its founding, and the army was composed of different nationalities and tribes, with a variety of military uniforms and very messy weapons, which could not be compared with the Roman army in this regard.

The Great Food Empire and the Roman Empire have been at war for many years, winning and losing each other, and the reason why the Great Food Army can compete with the Roman Army is mainly because the Great Food Army has faith and the soldiers are not afraid of death. In addition, most of them are composed of nomadic people, who are accustomed to guerrilla tactics, and they can fight when they can fight and run away if they can't, and their mobile and flexible tactics have certain advantages.

The Duke of Ayoville believed that the Great Eclipse army in front of him had given up its tactical strengths and was going to face off against the Roman army, and it was when the army was not superior.

This can only show one thing, that is, the commander of the Great Food Army is very stupid.

What he didn't expect was that across from him, Li You and Pei Dilan also thought the same.

Li You was reluctant to fight with the Roman army for city by city, which would not only cause heavy casualties, but also consume too much time. He wanted to fight a big battle with the Romans, and to beat them hard at once.

This time, Li You and Pei Dilan did not adopt the usual tactics of dividing their troops, but concentrated part of their forces and gathered a regiment of hedgehogs to attack and advance along a fixed route, waiting for the Romans to gather heavy troops to come to the decisive battle.

Sure enough, their actions attracted the 12th Legion, one of the main forces of the Roman army.

The battle began. The Duke of Ayovi commanded the Roman army to spearhead the attack on the Great Eclipse army.

The Roman 12th Legion had a cavalry force of 12,000 men, including 9,000 light cavalry and 3,000 armored cavalry. The armored cavalry of the Romans was not much different from the Tiefutu in the Tang army, they all belonged to the heavy cavalry, and they were an absolute assault force.

The light cavalry of the Romans attacked first, and their horses were not fast. Once within range of the bow and arrow, shoot an arrow at the Great Eclipse Army.

They then dispersed on both flanks, preparing to circle behind the prop-armored cavalry and follow them to charge again.

In front of Li You and Pei Dilan, a large number of Flying Tiger soldiers held tall shields to cover them tightly.

The soldiers of the ordinary food lacked clothes and armor, and held simple shields or door panels and other rudimentary shelters to block the arrows of the Romans, and there were quite a few casualties for a while, and the formation was also a little chaotic.

Duke Aiyowei felt the tremor of the earth, looked at his beast-like armored cavalry group, pounced on those poor cannibals, and knew that he would soon see the scene of the collapse of the Great Eclipse army, and Duke Aiyowei's heart was extremely happy.

The Duke of Ayyoville saw what he wanted to see, and the army of the great cannibals collapsed, and the soldiers ran behind in a hurry.

Duke Iyowe was excited, he raised the short sword inlaid with gems in his hand and pointed forward, and was about to order the infantry to follow and charge, when he suddenly found a row of black holes in front of the big cannibal array.

While he was wondering, he saw white smoke coming out of the black holes, and then he heard an earth-shaking roar, and then he felt the earth tremble stronger than the armored cavalry.

In order to achieve the suddenness of this battle, the Don army unloaded a full 100 cannons from the ironclad ships, which were not used once in the previous skirmish, in order to deliver an unexpected blow to the enemy's heavy army group at this moment.

The loud roar of the artillery frightened the horses of the Roman cavalry, and they immediately became a mess.

Then, a large number of flowering shells exploded violently, and the Roman cavalry flipped on their backs, and the army was crushed.

Duke Aiyowei's jaw was about to drop in astonishment, and he couldn't understand where the Great Eclipse Army, called Hanako, had gotten such a powerful weapon. Seeing his defeated cavalry troops, he wanted to give the order to retreat for a moment.

Fortunately, the Great Food Army did not take the opportunity to attack, and the artillery stopped firing.

Duke Aiyowei couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he discussed it with several high-ranking generals who were also in shock.

The generals were frightened by the scene just now, which was beyond their imagination, and had to think in the direction of the gods, thinking that the great cannibals had the help of divine soldiers, and suggested that they withdraw their troops.

The Duke of Eyyowe was not a superstitious man, and although he did not know what kind of weapons the enemy was using, he did not feel that it was a divine weapon.

After judgment, he believed that it was not appropriate to withdraw the army for the time being, first, the war horses of the Roman cavalry could not be counted on for the time being after the fright just now. Once the army was hastily withdrawn, the Roman infantry, deprived of cavalry cover, was vulnerable to the attack of the great cannibal cavalry, and it was very likely that the entire army would collapse.

Second, even if it was possible to retreat into the city, the city was too small, and the troops of the 12th Army plus the number of residents in the city numbered more than 100,000 people, and once it was besieged by the big cannibals, the food and grass in the city could not be supported at all.

The terrible weapon of the Great Cannibal soon ceased to roar, and they did not have a chance to attack, indicating that the weapon did not carry enough projectiles, just like a bow and arrow without arrows, and it would not be of much use.

The Great Cannibals did not use bows and arrows to fight back last time, and it seems that they lack such equipment.

After considering this, the Duke of Iyovi believed that the cavalry horses were easily frightened, but the valiant Roman soldiers would not be intimidated by this, and that they would surely risk their lives to serve their country.

"Attack with all your might, and destroy those hateful cannibals."

The Duke of Ayoway viciously gave the order to attack.

The new book "Mr. Zhenguan" has been released, which has more writing experience than this book, and the quality has improved, welcome to read. 8)